Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Fuchi with Rabbits and Waves
(Japanese Military Armor)
Two gold rabbits on this fuchi are shown running over waves. According to folklore, female rabbits conceived by doing this on the eighteenth day of the eight month. This is part of a mounted set.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Mito (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 x W: 15/16 x D: 1/2 in. (3.9 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1236.3A
